{"id":42166,"date":"2025-08-04T06:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/42166\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T06:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:03:09","slug":"i-commend-sam-george-for-standing-up-for-consumers-mpraeso-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/42166\/","title":{"rendered":"I commend Sam George for standing up for consumers \u2013 Mpraeso MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/DStv-Prices-I-commend-Sam-George-for-standing-up-for-consumers-Mpraeso-MP-1994517?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/31280590.295.jpg\" alt=\"Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku\" title=\"Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku\" width=\"295\" height=\"211\" \/> <\/a>Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has thrown his support behind the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3115\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Samuel Nartey George<\/a>, for his bold stance on the high cost of DStv subscriptions in Ghana. <\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Sunday, August 3, 2025, Opoku said he welcomed the Minister\u2019s commitment to protecting Ghanaian consumers but cautioned that the approach must be strategic to avoid unintended consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend Sam George for standing up for consumers,\u201d Opoku stated, referencing the Minister\u2019s recent efforts to challenge the pricing structure of MultiChoice, operators of DStv. <\/p>\n<p>He said the disparity between what Ghanaians pay and what other African countries are charged is indefensible, citing figures that show Ghanaian subscribers pay nearly three times more than their Nigerian counterparts for the same services.<\/p>\n<p>Despite applauding the Minister\u2019s intervention, Opoku warned against abrupt actions such as the immediate revocation of MultiChoice\u2019s operating license. <\/p>\n<p>He stressed that while the frustrations of consumers are valid, many hotels, pubs, and families rely heavily on the service for entertainment and business. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must engage carefully,\u201d he advised, noting that heavy-handed regulatory action could harm the very people the government seeks to protect.<\/p>\n<p>Opoku called for a more measured and constructive dialogue with MultiChoice to secure meaningful price reductions. <\/p>\n<p>He said Ghana must insist on fair, regionally aligned pricing but must do so through negotiation rather than threats. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need constructive engagement with MultiChoice that delivers genuine price reductions, not excuses,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-42166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}